The cults are substitutes for families and communities, institutions that for some of the characters, seem inadequate in the context of the new reality.
One definition of urban resilience is the capacity of individuals, communities, institutions, businesses, and systems within a city to survive, adapt, and grow regardless of the kinds of chronic stress and acute shocks they experience.
Participants highlighted stigma, located in cultural discourse, law, politics, communities, institutions (including the abortion clinic itself), and relationships with family, friends and patients.
"Their ability to do these calculations assist communities, institutions and clients in selecting certain tree species and tree locations that provide the greatest environmental values," said Trowbridge.
Ike Urquhart, senior, Materials Science and Engineering, is working on a D-Lab team in Nepal to invent a cheap kit to test water, a technique that enables communities, institutions like hospitals, and even households to ensure safe drinking water.
Sociology seeks to understand all aspects of human social behavior, including the behavior of individuals as well as the social dynamics of small groups, large organizations, communities, institutions, and entire societies.
Yet in many communities, smaller institutions are taking matters into their own hands.
· Local communities and institutions showed much appreciation for the efforts made by mine victims.
Community institutions should nurture responsibility and fairness.
One major problem is the dearth of secular community institutions.
Schools are community institutions as well as centers of learning.
